`Big Band' Show Takes Stage Sunday

TOWN TALK

May 2, 1997

CORAL SPRINGS

The ``Big Bands Showtime at the Apollo'' concert begins at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Coral Springs City Centre.

Tickets for the show, sponsored by the Ramblewood and Kings Point chapters of the City of Hope, are $10 and $14. Proceeds benefit the City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute. The City Centre is at 2855 Coral Springs Drive. Call 954-720-5334 or 954-726-1003.

Golf tournament to benefit youth

Registration is under way for a celebrity golf tournament to raise money for a community youth center.

Current and former Miami Dolphins will tee off with a pingpong pro and members of the public May 10 at the Jacaranda Golf and Country Club in Plantation.

This is the second annual Celebrity Golf Tournament benefit for the nonprofit Light Club in Coral Springs, 8000 Sample Road, which provides evening recreation for youths. Call 428-5626.

REGION

Agencies gear up for Pet Adoptathon

The Broward County Animal Care and Regulation Division and the Humane Society of Broward County are joining more than 700 animal shelters nationwide to participate in Pet Adoptathon '97 on Saturday and Sunday. Organizers hope to place thousands of dogs and cats in homes across the United States and Canada.

Festivities at the Animal Care and Regulation main shelter, 1870 NW 39th St., Fort Lauderdale, will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Call 954-359-1313.

The Pompano Beach shelter, 3100 NW 19th Terrace, will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Call 954-970-0130.